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It's about 40p a litre, so obviously massively cheaper than the UK, but it's pretty expensive by local standards I'm told. Apparently it's gone up quite a lot in the last few years. I haven't been to Malta, so I don't really have any experience, but it makes sense I guess, as there would have...

I will try to create something. Thought people might find it interesting to see what life is like here, as well as the car scene. It will be more interesting when I actually get round to buying a car though no doubt. Yeah I think it got reasonable reviews. People seem to rate them quite highly...

Went to a drift meet last night too. Wasn't the busiest, as apparently a few of the "big" cars were in Riyadh for the Autoville event. Another Hyundai Genesis Coupe. I'm quite tempted to get one of these to be honest, as they are probably about the best value RWD car that you can get with a...

Few more.... Nissan Cedric (one for weird JDM fans): Yet another old Merc: Charger R/T: These are quite funny. Chevrolet Caprice but, if you look closely, you'll see it's actually just an Omega with some slightly different panels. Most of them are beaten to hell like this one as well:

Few more spots when I was out walking around the neighbourhood over the weekend. Ford Crown Victoria with BMW M stripes 😂 Modified Mustang: M5 Comp - looks epic in red I think: Err? Pimped Panamera: CL600: Quite like these. We didn't get them in Europe. Hyundai Genesis...

Nice to see this getting some more updates. Are you running 1*2 front suspension bits now, rather than the Cup racer stuff?

I can't take too much credit, as it was a bit of a guess :LOL: Going to a drift night later, so hopefully see some more interesting stuff.

Yeah they were definitely function over form. It's a pretty mixed scene here. A lot of people are into American stuff, so it's mainly Chargers and Mustangs, but there's quite a big JDM scene too. A lot are pretty rough around the edges, but I guess that's a theme with drift cars everywhere...

Went to a autocross meeting tonight, so a few more Saudi spots. 370Z drift car. Had a ride in this. Looks pretty standard, but had a welded diff, hydro handbrake etc: 2.0 turbo accord. Looked standard but had Civic Type-R turbo, aftermarket downpipe and ethanol. Owner said it was about...

Group B is so over-rated in my view. Apart from the fact that I can't get comfortable with celebrating an era where a load of people were killed through negligence, it wasn't even that competitive. Rallies were decided by gaps of minutes, and it was Audi domination, followed by Peugeot...

There are a few threads about the Group N timing, so it might be worth a search. @NorthloopCup had a batch of timing tools made some time ago. The standard ecu can be mapped to make it work, but don't know if there's anyone in Ireland with experience of it.

Welcome to the forum. Nice to see another rally Clio. You'll need to get it mapped with the Group N timing, but they seem to be the best things to do really. Beyond that, it's aftermarket cams and/or throttle bodies, then serious stuff like head work, pistons, rods etc. Best value is just...

That car was (is?) owned by a guy called Rod Brereton. I bought some bits off him several years ago. It ended up with wide arches and other things.

Last ones:

Always liked these two as well. Belonged to a member on here, @EVOgone Pink one was an ex-Mark Fish cup car: Don't know if he still has the grey one:

And some more:

Poor show. You can post Twingos too if you like 😂 I do love a Clio R3. Would love to have a go in one of those, especially one of the pukka 250bhp ones. Found quite a few more on my laptop: Should have tagged @Pauleds too

I keep looking at stuff like this, but my missus says we don't have space 😂 So hard to know what kit to buy as well.

The road rally boys really love one, but a friend of mine who does a lot of targa rallies and autoSOLOs (with quite a lot of success) bought one to replace his 106, but sold it almost immediately. He said the body felt like it was made out of jelly and he really hated it. I've not tried one...

Bit of a random one, but I was going through some pictures on my One Drive (I didn't even know I had a One Drive until today) and found these pictures on there. Most folk tend to think of racing when it comes to the Clio, thanks to the Clio Cup no doubt. I always thought that was a bit strange...

Yeah it's definitely got a bit out of control. My local club started putting in some more noise restrictions, as some of the cars were a bit ridiculous. My old Escort has ended up being used for targa rallies. I remember going to a targa a couple of years back and there was someone using a 106...

f**king mental that people are using stuff like that for road rallies 😂

Remember reading an article about them a while ago. Quite an interesting story behind them. Despite the old man image, that gen of Rover 200 was quite well regarded I think.

Only on a few rallies though. I don't think he's quite as sharp as he used to be, but his experience will definitely help them. Going to be interesting to see if the new cars are reliable, as that could mix things up.

Ford are a funny one in the WRC. They have been there forever, but not actually been as successful as some might think. They did win the manufacturer's title in 2006 and 2007, but the Citröen team wasn't actually a full works outfit in 2006, so that probably taints it a bit. Sadly Ford have...

He left Subaru at the end of 1998. Ford paid him a huge chunk of money (think it was about five million) to go there, and he hadn't been getting on as well at Subaru in the later years. Nicky Grist was on the Collecting Cars Podcast a while back and talked through the whole story. Well worth a...

It certainly wouldn't be a bolt-on solution, as the geometry would inevitably end up wrong. Anything is possible with enough money of course, but the benefits probably aren't worth the cost/effort in reality.

Lovely, but not exactly original, as it will be a re-shell after the RAC off. Will still make a decent money though, because McRae and 2001. That era seems to be generating a fair bit of interest now.

Couple more... This is in a building just up the road from me: This belongs to my neighbour. It's a Ferrari Edition of some kind. He thinks it's the only one in the country. They did sell a few Abarths here, but not the convertible and not this model. He lived in France for a while and...

Went for a walk around my neighborhood last night and spotted a few things... Apologies if the pictures are awful, but it was dark. First up, a Ford Crown Victoria. Common here, but I have a bit of a soft spot for them. I really want a modified one for some reason. Jag XJ with saggy...